Canada and the U.S. are good neighbours.

President Obama told the crowd that Canada and the United States are blessed to be neighbours, allies and close friends. He joked that the countries disagree about things like good beer and hockey.

Obama said Americans don’t always appreciate their Canadian allies.

“Our Canadian friends can be more reserved, more easy-going. We Americans can be a little louder, more boisterous and, as a result, we haven’t always conveyed how much we treasure our alliance and our ties with our Canadian friends.”